Submitted on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Rejected on Thursday 16th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Include employees that just started a new job in covid-19 job retention scheme.
The covid 19 job retention scheme allows employees that have worked for a company before February 28th to be furloughed and the government will pay 80% of wages.
I want the government to include people who started a new job to progress careers after this date to also be included in the scheme
I started a new job to progress my career At the beginning of March. I have since been Unable to work.
I have bills that i have to pay and am going to be unable to do so once I have received my last pay.
Like so many others I need the government to include genuine people that have genuinely changed jobs in the Short time frame between 28th Feb and now to be included in the scheme and also receive 80% of their salary.
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There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310679
You can find out about what Government support is available for people as a result of coronavirus (under the section on employment and financial support) here: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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